scoff
英 [skɒf]
美[skɔf]
- n. 嘲笑；愚弄；笑柄
- vt. 嘲笑；嘲弄；贪婪地吃
- vi. 嘲笑；嘲弄；狼吞虎咽
词态变化
第三人称单数: scoffs;过去式: scoffed;过去分词: scoffed;现在分词: scoffing;
助记提示
1. 谐音“是夸父”------夸父逐日，不自量力，被嘲笑。
2. 夸父逐日，不自量力，最后被活活的渴死，当然会被嘲笑了。
3. scofflaw => scoff.
2. 夸父逐日，不自量力，最后被活活的渴死，当然会被嘲笑了。
3. scofflaw => scoff.
中文词源
scoff 嘲笑，嘲弄
来自古诺斯语 skop,嘲笑，嘲讽，同古英语 scop,游吟诗人，来自 Proto-Germanic*skapiz,形成， 创作，来自 PIE*skep,砍，切，削，词源同 shape.
英英释意
- 1. showing your contempt by derision
英文词源
- scoff (v.)
- mid-14c., "jest, make light of something;" mid-15c., "make fun of, mock," from the noun meaning "contemptuous ridicule" (c. 1300), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skaup, skop "mockery, ridicule," Middle Danish skof "jest, mockery;" perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skub-, *skuf- (cognates: Old English scop "poet," Old High German scoph "fiction, sport, jest, derision"), from PIE *skeubh- "to shove" (see shove (v.)).
同义词辨析
ridicule, mock, scoff, sneer
这些动词均含"嘲笑"之意。
ridicule： 多指有意地用言语对戏弄某人，以使之显得渺小，不重要。此种嘲笑善意恶意均可。
mock： 指一种挖苦的，带挑衅性的嘲笑。
scoff： 指对一般受到尊重的事物的嘲笑。
sneer： 指除了用讽刺言语讥笑外还带轻蔑的表情。
实用场景例句
- He scoffed at our amateurish attempts.
- 他对我们不在行的尝试嗤之以鼻。
牛津词典
- Don't scoff─she's absolutely right.
- 别嘲笑她——她绝对正确。
牛津词典
- Who scoffed all the grapes?
- 谁那么贪嘴，把葡萄全吃光了？
牛津词典
- At first I scoffed at the notion...
- 刚开始我对那种想法嗤之以鼻。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- You may scoff but I honestly feel I'm being cruel only to be kind...
- 你可能不以为然，但我真的认为我狠下心来只是出于一片好意。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The pancakes were so good that I scoffed the lot.
- 那些薄饼太好吃了，我狼吞虎咽地都吃下去了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I came to the meeting to scoff but the speaker persuaded me.
- 我到会是为取笑,但演讲人劝止了我.
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- Some even scoff at the store's efforts to spruce up its image.
- 尽管沃尔玛努力改善公司形象,也有人将其拿来大加嘲讽.
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- Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest ; scoff at none although they give occasion.
- 无论是说俏皮话还是 正经话 的时候,都不要诽谤他人,不要嘲弄任何人,即便他们确实出了洋相.
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- Republicans scoff at the suggestion Mr Obama has a unique claim the public service ethos.
- 有人认为,在公共服务精神方面,奥巴马先生有着独特的主张,但共和党人对此嗤之以鼻.
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- There was purpose and feeling, banter and scoff playing, mingled , on her mobile lineaments.
- 在她那变幻无常的外貌上,既有决心,又有感情,既有嘲弄, 又有戏虐和开玩笑的神色.
辞典例句
- Some experts scoff at that but admit that the reluctance exists.
- 有些专家对这种意识嗤之以鼻,但也承认这种不愿接受麻醉的心态依旧存在.
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- Some researchers scoff at the need for computers or even therapists to interpret dreams.
- 一些研究者看不起用电脑来释梦的行为,甚至瞧不起那些临床医学家的作为.
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- We scoff at their education, habits and tastes.
- 我们在他们的教育 、 习惯和味道嘲笑.
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- Ice cream was seen a suitable scoff for younger children.
- 冰淇淋被认为是适合小孩子的食品.
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- He liked to scoff aloud at Louis XVIII.
- 他故意大声挖苦路易十八.
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- Citizens of other cities may scoff at Melbourne's brown river.
- 其他城市的居民或许会嘲笑墨尔本的褐色泥浆河.
百科语句
- Why do they scoff at the idea that he will retire next year?
- 他们为什么嘲笑他将在明年退休的想法?
辞典例句
- Twenty and 10 every night is nothing to scoff at.
- 我们不能忽视他每晚20加10的表现.
期刊摘选
- Video game makers scoff at the notion that their products can cause a psychiatric disorder.
- 对于认为视频游戏制造商们的产品能引起精神紊乱的看法,视频游戏制造商们报以的是嘲笑.
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- Hawks scoff that Mr Obama approaches such rogues with fine words but no stick.
- 鹰派指责说奥巴马先生与这样的无赖打交道只用一些好话而不带着大棒.
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- But observers scoff at such notions.
- 但是观察家对这种说法嗤之以鼻.
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- People who are out of work cannot afford to scoff at any job.
- 失业的人就不能看不起任何工作.
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- You are not supposed to scoff at religion.
- 你不该嘲弄宗教.
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- We all scoff at such attempts.
- 我们都嘲笑这种企图.
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- All who pass by her scoff and shake their fists.
- 凡经过的人都必摇手嗤笑她.
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- He was the scoff of the town.
- 他成为全城的笑柄.
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- Where's all the scoff gone?
- 食物都到哪儿去了?
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